[Film Studies 1022] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (37 pages long)

• School: Western University
• Department: Film Studies
• Course: Film Studies 1022
• Professor: Zoran Maric

Document Summary

Film 1022 lecture 1: hugo(scorsese,2011) + a trip to the moon(melies,1902) A trip to the moon pioneered early cinema. Lack of sound affected acting style(use of whole bodies), as well as camera shots(no close ups) Hugo is a 3d film, 3d influences the content of films(eyecandy) Technological advancement, business interest, desire to represent the world. Strive for realism, to represent the world as accurately as possible. Preservation of life by representation of life(andre bazin the myth of total cinema . The first audience, arrival of a train into a station, founding myth of cinema. Astonished by the trickery of the medium of film. Movies emphasised their ability to produce a spectacle, like a magic trick. Early films presented different pov(train conductor, phantom ride films) Not about losing yourself in a film(no story or character0. The first spectators" experience reveals not a childlike belief, but an undisguised awareness (and delight in) illusion.